Western Centuries, East Lonesome Drifters

The sound of these roots music mavericks sits at these crossroads, and their debut album introduces a band as skillful in their musicianship as they are innovative in their writing.

With upbeat, bar room dance numbers, lilting, introspective tunes of heartbreak, and everything in between, the album strikes an oft-strived-for but rarely achieved balance between genre-busting experimentation and thoughtful continuity.